Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit back at her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, calling him the “biggest Bhogi” (a materialistic person), in response to his criticism of the recent violence in Murshidabad during protests against the Waqf Amendment Act. Addressing a gathering of Imams and religious leaders at the Netaji…
New Delhi: Asserting that no one has a “licence to loot”, the ruling BJP on Wednesday dismissed the Congress’s charge of vendetta after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) chargesheeted Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. Former law minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said the law will take its own course…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the violence occurring during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, is “very disturbing”. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan observed while hearing the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the newly amended law on waqf. “One very…
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today strongly condemned the Indian National Congress for orchestrating nationwide protests following the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) chargesheet against former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi. The charges are linked to a multi-crore money laundering case involving the National Herald, a case that has been under investigation…
Panjim: GinSin London dry gin triumphed, securing the titles of Best Indian Gin «India Country Winner» and a prestigious Gold medal in the Signature London dry gin category at the world’s largest spirits competition, the World Gin Awards 2025, officially in Norwich, UK. The first round of tastings determined the medallists on a regional level,…
Arun Sharma Silkyara, Uttarakhand: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday marked a major milestone in Uttarakhand’s infrastructure and spiritual journey, as he attended the breakthrough ceremony of the Silkyara Tunnel—site of the dramatic 2023 rescue of 41 workers who were trapped for 17 days. The tunnel, a key component of the Char Dham Yatra…
Washington/Beijing: China now faces up to a 245% tariff on imports to the United States as a result of its retaliatory actions, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday evening. The announcement came as President Donald Trump signed an executive order launching an investigation into the national security risks associated with US reliance…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the environmental damage due to the felling of a large number of trees on a land parcel next to the University of Hyderabad, and said it would go out of the way for the protection of environment and ecology. A bench of Justices B R Gavai…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday claimed that the ED chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case only shows the panic and moral bankruptcy of the government, and said it will not be cowed down by such threats. In a long post in Hindi, AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh issued…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed the recent communal violence in Murshidabad as “pre-planned” and accused a section of the BSF, central agencies, and the BJP of fanning tension by allegedly facilitating cross-border influx from Bangladesh. Speaking at a meeting with Imams, Banerjee alleged that despite the volatile situation in neighbouring Bangladesh,…
